Narina Nunez Nightingale

TL;DR: In this paper, the self-esteem of 48 women who were identified as battered and compared to a group of 48 non-battered women was examined, and the findings suggest that abuse that is controlling in nature might play a significant role in the feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness noted in battered women and may contribute to the difficulty that some battered women have in terminating their abusive relationships.

TL;DR: The authors conducted a national survey of psychologists and clinical social workers to assess beliefs about repressed memory and other controversial origins of sexual abuse allegations, and the results indicated that experimental psychologists and clinicians differ regarding belief in repressed memories, with clinicians expressing more confidence that such memories can and do exist.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of juror gender and victim gender on two types of sexual abuse cases (one in which an adult victim accuses a family member after living for years with the knowledge of abuse and one in which a survivor after recovering the memory during the course of therapy) were examined.

TL;DR: A random sample of therapists working in the field of trauma were surveyed to study levels of stress, and a profile of traumatised therapists was identified and implications of these findings of therapists were presented.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the problem of correlated risk factors is best addressed by developing and evaluating more complex models of the trajectories leading to various forms of maladjustment.